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Halt-Catch-Fire Agent Skills — Setup Guide

Source: halt-catch-fire/skills First Discovered: June 27, 2026 Total Ecosystem Installs: 500K+

Six new agent skills from halt-catch-fire covering video rendering (Remotion), AI-powered media generation, Twitter/X automation, and browser automation for agents. These skills appeared on skills.sh in late June 2026 and rapidly accumulated installs across the Hermes/Nous Research ecosystem.

Available Skills

Skill Installs Recent Weekly Description
remotion-render 173K 62,946 Render Remotion video compositions programmatically
ai-avatar-video 173K 62,942 Generate AI avatar-driven video content
twitter-automation 173K 62,923 Automate Twitter/X posting, reading, and engagement
ai-video-generation 173K 62,920 AI-powered video generation workflows
ai-image-generation 173K 62,921 AI image generation with multiple model backends
agent-browser 32K 11,856 Browser automation for agent-driven web interaction

Prerequisites

  • Hermes Agent installed and running
  • Node.js 18+ with npx available
  • For remotion-render: Remotion project or template
  • For AI media generation: API keys for supported AI services (configured in Hermes)
  • For twitter-automation: Twitter/X API credentials

Installation

# Install individual skills
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills --skill remotion-render
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills --skill ai-avatar-video
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills --skill twitter-automation
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills --skill ai-video-generation
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills --skill ai-image-generation
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills --skill agent-browser

# Or install all at once
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills

Skill Details

1. remotion-render

Programmatic Remotion video rendering from agent prompts. Generate video compositions, apply effects, and export to MP4.

Use cases: - Automated social media video generation - Data visualization animations - Programmatic video editing pipelines

Usage: 

Render a 30-second product demo using the Remotion template at ./templates/product-launch
Export as 1080p MP4 with the "fade" transition between scenes

2. ai-avatar-video

AI avatar video generation — talking head videos driven by text input.

Use cases: - Automated video presentations - Customer onboarding videos - Social media content with AI presenters

Usage: 

Create a 60-second AI avatar video explaining our new feature
Use the "professional" avatar preset with the product screenshot as background

3. twitter-automation

Full Twitter/X automation — posting, reading timelines, engaging with mentions.

Use cases: - Automated social media management - Brand monitoring and engagement - Content scheduling

Usage: 

Post this thread about our product launch
Monitor @mentions for the last 24 hours and draft responses

4. ai-video-generation

General AI video generation using multiple backends (Runway, Pika, Kling, etc.).

Use cases: - Text-to-video generation - Image-to-video animation - Video style transfer

Usage: 

Generate a 10-second video from this product screenshot with a zoom-in effect

5. ai-image-generation

Multi-model AI image generation (Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, Flux, Midjourney API).

Use cases: - Social media image creation - Product mockups - Marketing assets

Usage: 

Generate a hero image for our blog post about AI agents, 1200x630, modern tech aesthetic

6. agent-browser

Browser automation for agents — navigate, click, extract data, fill forms.

Use cases: - Web scraping and data extraction - Automated testing - Form filling and submission

Usage: 

Navigate to docs.ourproduct.com and extract the API reference section
Fill out the contact form on this page with our company details

Verification

After installation, verify the skills are available:

# List installed skills
npx skills list

# Test a skill
npx skills run remotion-render --help

Troubleshooting

Issue Solution
Skill not found after install Restart Hermes Agent to reload the skill registry
remotion-render fails on render Ensure Remotion project structure is valid and dependencies are installed
twitter-automation auth errors Verify Twitter API v2 credentials in Hermes config
agent-browser timeout Increase browser timeout in skill config or check network connectivity

Quality Assessment

These skills are rated Community Tier 🔵 pending further validation:

  • Published by halt-catch-fire on skills.sh
  • Rapid adoption suggests utility but limited track record
  • Recommend supervised use for the first 5-10 runs
  • Test in isolated environments before production deployment

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